What THRIVES Means
THRIVES is a form of THRIVE, which means:
- verb: grow vigorously“The deer population in this town is thriving”
- verb: make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance“The new student is thriving”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
THRIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 H4 R1 I1 V4 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In THRIVES
138 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (10)
5 letter words (31)
HEIRSHEISTHIRESHIVERHIVESITHERREISTRESITRHIESRITESRIVESRIVETSEHRISHIERSHIRESHIRTSHIVESIETHSITHESIVERSTIRESTIVETEHRSTHEIRTIERSTIRESTRIESVERSTVERTSVIERSVIRES
4 letter words (50)
EISHERSTETHSHEIRHERSHESTHETSHIESHIREHISTHITSHIVEIRESREHSREISRESHRESTRETSREVSRISERITERITSRIVESEIRSHETSHIRSHIVSHRISIRESITESITHSTIESTIRTEHRTHIRTHISTIERTIESTIRETRESTRIEVERSVERTVESTVETSVIERVIESVIREVISEVITE
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (14)
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